Floor mat construction



Jan. 22, 1935. BIANCO 1,988,828

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Canada, assignor to British Columbia, Durable Mat Company (Canada) Limited, Victoria, British Columbia,

Canada Application August 14,

1933, Serial No. 684,946

In Canada August 16, 1932 2 Claims.

This invention relates to the construction of fioor mats formed of strips of rubberized fabric. Its object is to provide a mat of this character which is at once more economical to manufacture and is more symmetrical in form as well as more artistic in appearance.

By the arrangement adopted in this invention I am able to utilize every portion of the fabric available, as both long and short strips are necessary so that no wastage of any account occurs.

As my invention is necessarily one primarily of form and arrangement it is more easily and clearly described by the aid of the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this application and. in which- Fig. 1 is a general plan of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan to an enlarged scale showing the construction at one side of the mat and Fig. 4 is a similarly enlarged plan showing in detail the construction at the opposite side where the wire rods are secured together.

In the drawing the numeral 5 indicates the longitudinal strips of rubberized fabric arranged in parallel rows, and 6 the right-angularly transverse wires or rods which pass through the strips 5 row after row successively to form a constructive framework.

In the drawing the rods 6 are shown in pairs united by a U -shaped connection at one end as at '7, with their free ends 8 secured by a simple sleeve connector 9 and soldered a fiat washer plate being inserted tostiffen the edge but any suitable method of uniting or securing the extremities of the rods may be used as this detail forms no part of my invention.

The remaining portion of the rubber construction consists in the short strips 10 which are all of identifical form having one extremity 11 folded over in U-shaped and the other straight as at 12, the intermediate or body portion 13 being formed by two united curves of opposing radii after the fashion of a since curve or the cymarecta of architecture. In the assemblage of the parts the folded extremity -of one of the short or transverse strips 10 is positioned even-endedly with the straight extremity 12 of the similar strip adjacent in the same longitudinal series and the same longitudinal row and is pierced by the wire rod 6, the preferred arrangement being such that the exterior surfaces 14 of the curved portions of the short strips 10 are both adjacent the inner surfaces of the longitudinal strips 5 whereby a simple symmetry of construction is conserved and a process of systematic manufacture obtained. The preferred arrangement is as shown in Fig. 1 but it is obvious that the transverse members 6 may be arranged in an identical series transverse- 1y instead of an alternate series as indicated in the drawing.

What I claim is:

1. A floor mat construction comprising the combination of a series of longitudinal strips of rubberized fabric arranged in spaced apart parallelism, transverse wire rods piercing said strips in parallelism at spaced apart intervals, a series of relatively short transverse members interspaced of said longitudinal strips and threaded on said rods, said transverse members having one folded over U-shaped extremity and each being in the form of two united curves of opposing radii, the said folded and unfolded extremities of adjacent transverse members in the same longitudinal series being held by the same rod and arranged in opposed and symmetrical relation to said longitudinal members and means for securing the ends of said rods.

2. A floor mat construction comprising the combination of a series of longitudinal strips of rubberized fabric arranged in spaced apart parallelism, transverse wire rods piercing said strips in parallelism at spaced apart intervals, a series of relatively short transverse members interspaced of saidlongitudinal strips and threaded on said rods, said transverse members having one folded Over U-shaped extremity and each being in the form of two united curves of opposing radii, the said folded and unfolded extremities of adjacent transverse members in the same longitudinal series being held by the same rod and means for securing the ends of said rods.

ANNIBALE BIANCO. 

